Three days ago...
Wilson Arch was in the crowd of spectators watching the opening of Arch Gate Studios. The mayor was on the platform and standing next to him was the CEO of the studio, Mr. Felix Arch.
It should have been him up there, but every time Wilson applied, he was rejected.
"You're too old."
"Go back to your retirement home."
"We are not running a charity."
They rejected him for his age and his need for a walking stick. But when his younger cousin pitched in, they accepted him almost immediately.
Present...
Wilson was down in his home basement watching the demon tail in its glass jar. When he first found it, it moved wildly but now it sat limp in the prison. He then notes the newspaper clipping of the studio opening with Felix's face on it.
"If I can only find out what demon you came from, I might be able to use it to my advantage," Wilson said. "But how?"
He tapped the glass but the tail merely twitched.
"Hmmm, perhaps some fresh air will help me think," Wilson said before taking the jar and stuffing it in his pocket.
In the underworld library, The Devil was sitting in a tall chair with a book on his lap. The fire in the fireplace cackled softly and the song Twinkle Little Star played on a gramophone.
Bendy meanwhile, was sleeping on a pillow twice his size next to The Devil's chair. The little devil started to whimper in his sleep, and he curled his body tighter.
The Devil saw this and realized his son was having a nightmare. He leaned down, and lightly kissed his son's forehead. Bendy froze for a moment but didn't wake up, he smiled, started purring and his body relaxed.
Then The Devil turned his attention to his book. 'Controlling your RAGE'
The Devil opens the book, licks the tip of his thumb, and was about to flip the page... but suddenly rips out the page instead. With a huge frown on his face, he rips page after page of the book.
Henchman walked into the room pushing a serving cart with a kettle and two cups.
"Hey! Looking great, boss." Henchman said. "Your fur's almost all grown back."
The Devil momentarily stops ripping the paper and just growls in response before going back to ripping the pages out.
Henchman seemed hesitant at first before remembering the tea.
"Mm. Oh! Looks like someone needs his calming chamomile tea poured in his favorite cup!" Henchman said with a smile.
"Cup?" The Devil whispered after pausing.
Henchman picks up the golden kettle and starts pouring tea into the teacup.
The Devil doesn't move, seeming to be transfixed by the sound of the tea being poured. Suddenly, the teacup morphs to look like Cuphead's head.
"Hey, dummy!" The cup exclaimed mockingly. "I still have my soul." He sticks his tongue out before laughing.
The Devil then roars before grabbing his pitchfork and shooting fire at the cup. Henchman froze, wide-eyed with shock, and the tray was now a pile of ash.
Bendy yawned, he stretched out his limbs and rubbed his eyes.
"Is it teatime yet?" Bendy asked.
Realizing what he had done, The Devil frowns and stabs his pitchfork to the ground.
"That's it!" The Devil said, seething. "I'm throwing everything I've got at that cup."
Bendy flinched, now fully awake.
"Head!" Henchman added.
"Thank you, Henchman." The Devil said. "Now bring me my finest demons!"
At the Kettle Cottage, Cuphead was sweeping in the living room while cheerfully whistling.
Something from in the closet quietly sneaks up behind the cup.
Cuphead, sensing that something, turns around. "Huh?" he wondered.
It's Mugman... with some kind of horse head mask over his head. Cuphead just looked at his brother, confused.
"Neigh..." Mugman said trying to imitate a horse.
"What... What are you wearing?" Cuphead asked.
"I made it," Mugman said before taking off the horse head mask. "It's just like that horse head that scared you when we were little."
"What horse head?"
"The one from the hay maze, remember? You froze in terror?"
"I have never frozen in terror!"
"Sure you did. I remembered when I saw this flier."
Mugman pulls out a flier for a hay maze by the farms.
FLASHBACK
It's the fairground and there is a large hay maze. Little Cuphead and Mugman are walking around inside the maze.
"This place is a widdle spooky!" Little Mugman said.
"Ah, I ain't too worried about it." Little Cuphead said.
Hardly had he finished that sentence when a creepy stitched horse head appeared followed by a neighing.
The little cup gasped, he went white as a sheet and froze in terror.
"Cuphead?" Little Mugman said tapping on his brother's frozen face. "Cuphead! Cuphead!"
END OF FLASHBACK
"Never happened," Cuphead said. "I ain't afraid of no hay maze horse head! Come on. I'll prove it to ya." He snatches the flier from Mugman and walks to the door.
"I'll get my coat," Mugman said.
Wilson was in town when he saw a flier for the hay maze in the fairgrounds.
"Hmm apple cider on sale," he said.
Back in the Underworld, a team of the finest demons stood in line before The Devil, Bendy, and Henchman. Imagine the most horrifying monsters you can think of, and they would probably pale in comparison. Each demon looked more gruesome than the last as they hissed and roared.
"Ooh!" The Devil said excitedly and clapped.
Henchman and Bendy seemed nervous.
The Devil smiled and clapped his hands. "Now these are some world-class demons! Ooh! This one has razor-sharp talons." He gasped. "Oh, and this one has three heads!" he said. "Ah! And oh, hey, hey. Look at the muscles on this guy." He feels the muscled biceps of a big demon.
Bendy gulps, thinking about these demons going after his friend. He had to try something.
"Hey Dad, I know you really want to get that cup kid's soul but isn't this a bit... much?" Bendy said.
The Devil turns to face his son.
"Not at all. I'm going to get that cup's soul even if I must send my finest to capture him."
"But Dad-"
"Trust me, Bendall, I know what I'm doing. Now go stand next to Henchman while I instruct these demons."
"But-"
"Now Son," The Devil interjected firmly.
Bendy grunted before standing next to the purple demon.
The Devil cleared his throat before turning his attention to the demons.
"So I assume you're all wondering why I summoned you here today." He said. "Let me tell you about this cup."
"Head," Henchman added.
"Thank you, Henchman." The Devil said. "Never before have I been subjected to such criminal disrespect by a mortal. First, he lost at Soul Ball, but his dumb brother grabbed his soul and stuffed it back in, which is completely unethical after I stole it fair and square. And then they destroyed the whole carnival!"
He inhales sharply.
"Then he goes on Roll the Dice, which is impossible to lose. And wouldn't you know it? He couldn't name "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.""
The Devil gets angrier as he goes. Henchman and Bendy notice this and slowly back away before hiding behind a large rock.
"I mean, who can't name "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little STAR"?!" The Devil yelled before bursting into flames and burning everything around him... especially the finest demons.
Henchman and Bendy peek behind the rock and see nothing but piles of ashes where the demons once stood. The little devil stifles back a laugh.
Just then the sound of a man scatting an upbeat tune could be heard. King Dice steps into the room.
"Number one here," Dice said. "Fashionably late and fashionably fashionable, as per usu—" he screamed and gasped when he noticed the ash. "What did you do?" he asked in surprise.
"Bring me my second-finest demon!" The Devil ordered.
At the fairground, there was a pumpkin patch, shop stalls, bobbing for apple area, and a hay maze.
Cuphead and Mugman were wearing grey coats and were walking toward the hay maze. They passed Wilson who had his back to them looking at the cider.
At that moment the old felt something tap in his pocket. He backs away from the stand and pulls out the jar. The pointed end of the demon's tail was tapping against the glass.
'Strange,' the old man thought. 'It's always used the thicker end to break the glass, not the tip.'
Wilson moved the jar side to side and realized that the tail was pointing in the same direction no matter what. He looked up and noticed it was pointing towards the hay maze gate entrance. Right, where the cups were.
"Tickets, please." The ticket taker said boredly.
Curious, Wilson follows the direction the tail was pointing towards. He was about to walk into the maze, but the ticket guy stopped him.
"You need a ticket to enter sir." The ticket taker said.
The old man huffed before going to the ticket sales stand. He had to know what the tail was pointing towards before it was too late.
As the boys walked into the maze, a sheet with a ghost face painted on it moved towards them hanging on a rope.
The cup rolled his eyes. "Ooh, real scary." He said sarcastically before laughing.
"That horse mask is gonna make you freeze in terror," Mugman said. "Then you'll have to admit you were afraid." He chuckled.
Back in the underworld, the devil was pacing and talking to his second-finest demons. Bendy, Henchman, and Dice were standing back.
"I mean who can't name "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"? Hmm?" The Devil said angrily. "And then he had this... this... this sweater. It was invisible and impenetrable and dumb, and I couldn't just take his soul out and eat it before his very EYES!"
The Devil got so angry he burst into flames. Henchman, Bendy, and Dice managed to hide in time. The second finest demons were now piles of ashes and the little devil had to suppress another fit of laughter.
"Third-finest!" The Devil yelled.
A few minutes later, The Devil was squinting his eyes in disbelief when he saw the demons before him.
"These are my finest demons?" The Devil asked Henchman.
"Uh, well, now, yeah," Henchman replied.
Bendy had to bite his lip to keep himself from chuckling.
These demons were less than impressive. One was a huge red shark monster that wheezed with every breath. A giant spider demon that didn't look very smart. A giant red eye with two wings though one was significantly smaller than the other. A vulture demon with a long neck. A giant red turtle with spikes and fangs. Two giant scorpions that kept pinching each other. And a red cyclops with an eye patch.
"A cyclops with an eye patch." The Devil said. "And how does that work exactly?" he asked.
The cyclops exclaims frighteningly, and he growls as he marches forward... and smashes his face with a stalactite.
Bendy snickered.
"Ah. It doesn't." The Devil said unimpressed. Then he looks down and cringes. "Ew! And what's this thing?"
He points to a small ball-shaped demon. It had red fur, two black flipper feet, big eyes, a red demon tail, and flippers for hands.
"Burpity burpity burp!" the demon chirped.
"Is that all you do?" The Devil asked annoyed.
Suddenly Burpy's plump cheeks expanded and turned green. Then he belches, green fire shoots out of his mouth, and it burns the shark demon into a pile of ashes.
The turtle demon nervously takes a few steps away from the pile.
Bendy can't hold it in and laughs... but when he looks up and sees his father glaring at him, he fakes a cough, straightens his back, and stands up with his lips closed tight.
The Devil then grumbles and pinches his brow. He snaps his face into a frown with wide eyes.
"I am so angry right now." The Devil said. "I want to obliterate all of you, but I cannot even begin to imagine the fourth-finest demons."
"Uh, or as they're now known, the second finest," Henchman said.
"Thank you, Henchman!" The Devil snapped before instructing the demons while he was holding the wanted poster with Cuphead's picture on it. "Look. He's no longer wearing the protective sweater. So—"
"Which is in an undisclosed location," Henchman interjected.
Noticing the glare in his father's eyes, Bendy stepped in.
"Hey Henchman, I'm thirsty. Go fetch me some juice," Bendy said.
"Uh, ok," Henchman said quickly before flying away.
"Thank you, Henchman," Bendy said before gesturing to his dad to continue.
"Just bring him to me, and I'll rip out his soul." The Devil said to the demons.
The demons don't move.
"Bring him back, you live!" The Devil added with a smile.
The demons still don't move and the turtle demon coughs.
"Fail and I destroy you!" The Devil threatened.
Finally, the demons move to the exit.
"RELEASE THE DEMONS!" The Devil yelled.
The demons go out the large iron gate, a way in and out of the Underworld, and make their way to the town to find Cuphead. The cyclops, however, walked through some trees away from the others. Crows caw as they fly away from him.
"Dad... Are you sure this is—" Bendy asked.
"Yes, it is necessary, son," The Devil answered.
"But Dad..."
"Please trust me son I know what I'm doing."
Bendy grumbled and walked away, looking at the ground. 'I gotta get out of here and help the guys.' He thought. 'I'll just sneak out and–' Just then, Bendy bumps into Henchman who was carrying a glass of apple juice. The juice spills over Bendy's head and his fur soaks it up. "Ehh!" he exclaimed.
"Opp, sorry Little Boss," Henchman said.
"Oh great," Bendy muttered.
"Henchman, take Bendall to the tub." The Devil said. "You need to wash that juice out immediately."
"Yes, Boss," Henchman said. "C'mon Little Boss," he gently pulls Bendy away.
"No, no, no, no, no," Bendy said. He tries to pull away but is just dragged along.
The Devil pinches his brow and mutters. King Dice walks up next to him.
"Whoa, Big D, Big D, you need to relax," Dice said, placing his hands on The Devil's shoulders. "All this stress isn't good for you,"
"How can I possibly relax? I still don't have that cup's soul."
"Hey, the day isn't over yet," Dice said. "And believe me, I want you to get this kid's soul just as much as you do. After everything he's done to you, he deserves it."
"Yes, he does. But I'm not sure if these demons can actually catch him."
"Then you should keep an eye on them."
"Yes." The Devil said smiling. "Those demons need supervision. Someone to take the lead."
"Exactly," Dice said proudly.
"And you are just the one to do it!" he points to Dice.
"That's r— wait, what?" Dice asked.
"Yes. You want to be Number One, don't you?"
"Well sure I—"
"Then it's settled. You go, get the cup, bring him here, and you get your old job back." The Devil said, "But if you should fail. I'll destroy you!" he walks closer to the stunned Dice and kisses his cheek. "Hurry along now. I'm going to take a much-needed bath." He walks away.
King Dice stood there, frozen, a bright blush on his face. "Whatever you say, Big D," he said with a swoon. Then he shakes his head and runs out the gate.
Cuphead, Mugman, and now Wilson is in the hay maze along with some other kids. The old man follows the direction of the tail in the jar his holding.
At that moment, the demons enter the fairground. The people in the market scream and run when they spot the monsters. But the demons don't pay any attention to them.
"Tickets, plea—" the ticket taker screams and runs away.
Again, the demons don't pay attention to the people around them and just focus on their mission. They file into the hay maze.
King Dice runs from the woods, panting before running into the maze.
Cuphead and Mugman walk into some cheap and non-scary things.
"Lame." He said boredly.
Somewhere else in the maze, Wilson is watching the tail's point like it was a compass. So engrossed was he that he nearly bumped into the turtle demon. The old man gasped, and the demon flinched.
"What are you? Some kind of demon?" Wilson wondered.
The turtle demon nodded.
Perplexed, Wilson blurted. "Is this your tail, perchance?" he showed the tail in the jar.
The turtle glanced at the jar and shook his head before walking away from the old man.
Wilson blinked in surprise before he glanced up and noticed the eyeball and vulture demon flying over the maze.
"More demons? What are they doing in this maze?" Wilson wondered. He decides to follow the turtle to see what happens.
Somewhere else in the maze, Dice caught up with the two scorpions and the spider demon. He casually approached the scorpions from behind.
"Oh, hо!" Dice chuckled. "Ladies. I've been looking for you two. You know, I was just thinking. Get rid of bright boy over there, and Cuphead's all ours." He points to the spider demon.
Said spider demon was having trouble picking to go either left or right in the maze.
Both scorpions chuckle as they sneak up behind the spider. Dice laughs while rubbing his hands together. The scorpions raise their stingers and then plunge them into the spider. The spider demon pops out of existence.
"Ouch. You two are monsters." Dice said with a conniving grin. "Oh, I sure hope you never turn on me!"
Both scorpions chuckle. They raised their stingers and were about to strike Dice, but he managed to step out of the way in time, and the demons ended up stinging each other. They pop out of existence.
Dice scats joyously. "Yeah!" he exclaimed.
Cuphead and Mugman turn a corner in the maze.
"Oh brother," Cuphead said.
Ahead of them is the turtle demon. "Roar, roar." It roared softly at them.
"This is the worst one yet," Cuphead said as he pushes the turtle. He and Mugman just walk on him and stomp on his face.
Wilson witnesses this and wonders while hiding behind a corner. "He stopped to face them?" he said.
Just then, the Burpy demon walks around the corner and sees the fallen turtle demon. Without warning, Burpy belches, green flames fire from his mouth and he burns the turtle to ashes.
Wilson and King Dice saw this, but unlike the old man, Dice gets over the shock quickly and picks up the little demon.
"Burpy buddy!" Dice said with a chuckle. "Have I got plans for you,"
"Burpity burpity burp," Burpy chirped.
Cuphead gives an exaggerated yawn as he and Mugman walk. Behind them is the eyeball demon.
Dice jumps up behind the eye demon just as the cup brothers turn around the corner. Dice squeezes Burpy, the little demon belches, and the eyeball is burned to ash.
"Bullseye!" Dice said with a laugh. He scats as he ventures forward but when he looks around the corner, he comes face to face with Wilson. Dice screams and quickly hides Burpy behind his back while trying to catch his breath.
"Just to calm down sonny," Wilson said.
"You scared the—" Dice almost snapped before taking in a deep breath. "If you're a fan just know I don't have time for autographs, I'm busy with something."
"Busy in a hay maze built for children. Why's that? Are you looking for someone?"
"I— That's none of your business, old timer,"
"You best be careful. There are demons in this maze."
"You're not just seeing things. There are no demons here," Dice lied.
"Didn't anyone ever teach you to respect your elders?" Wilson said.
"Nope and I don't care to. See ya gramps," Dice said quickly before running away. Once he put some distance between them, he sighed. "Yeesh. What a creep. Now back to—" Dice looked around, but the cups had vanished. "Oh! Where did they go?"
On one of the walls of the hay maze, the vulture demon had spotted the cups and flew close to them. It clears its throat until it spits out orange-colored acid toward the boys. The acid misses the brothers by an inch and hits the hay wall next to them burning a large hole.
"Wow, that was kinda cool," Cuphead said.
"Yeah, they're adding new stuff," Mugman said. "It's nice for the people who come back every year, you know."
Mugman and Cuphead climbed through the hole.
As Cuphead climbs through, a drop of acid hits his shoulder. It sizzles through the coat fabric.
"Ow! Hey, that's real acid." The cup said. "Neat!"
Cuphead and Mugman keep walking, oblivious to the danger over their heads. Just as the vulture demon is about to spit acid again, Burpy's fire hits him and he burns to ash.
King Dice smiled before blowing out the smoke from Burpy's mouth. "Looks like it's just you and me, pal." He said.
"Burpity Burity burp," Burpy chirped.
Dice pulls out a feather from his pocket and tickles Burpy's nose with it.
"Ah... Ah..." Burpy stuttered before he sneezed and blew up into ash.
"Gesundheit," Dice said smugly as he brushes off the ash from his coat. He chuckles. "Now Cuphead is all mine for the taking."
Wilson was hiding behind a wall of hay where he saw and heard everything. "Cuphead," he repeated in a whisper.
Back in the Underworld, Henchman was watching King Dice blow up Burpy through a magic mirror just before the two devils stepped into the room.
"So, how are they doing?" The Devil asked. The Devil was wearing a towel around his horns and most of his body while Bendy wore a towel like a robe and hood.
Henchman covered the mirror at first but soon thought better. "Uh, not so good." He said. "Dice is the only one left." He showed the two devils King Dice dancing in the hay maze.
Bendy moved his towel over his face so the two adults wouldn't see the smile on his face, he was relieved to hear his friend hadn't been caught.
The Devil grumbles. "Then I have but one final recourse." He said ominously. "To unleash the Four Horsemen."
Bendy and Henchman gasped. Bendy drops his towel.
"B-but boss, they're untamed primordial beings," Henchman said fearfully. "They fear nothing! To even lay eyes on them is enough to make anyone freeze in terror!"
"Bendall, cover your ears," The Devil said.
The little devil quickly obeyed.
"RELEASE THEM!" The Devil roared with enough force to shake the room.
"Ah jeez." Henchman and Bendy said worriedly at the same time.
Moments later, the gate to the Underworld opened again, this time followed by hot flames bursting out. The Four Horsemen came riding out from the gate. They are a quartet of four undead, primordial, flaming demonic skeleton warriors with glowing red eyes and holding various weapons. They ride on scary demonic horses. The horsemen scream as they ride to the fairgrounds.
Cuphead and Mugman finally find the exit sign at the end of the maze.
"We're almost through the maze, and I'm still not frozen in terror!" Cuphead said proudly.
Near the exit, King Dice is softly chuckling and holding a large net ready to catch the cup.
The hooves of the demonic horse shake the ground beneath them.
Cuphead had his back to Mugman, and the mug was holding the creepy stitched-up horse head.
"I don't know, Cuphead. Anything can happen." Mugman said.
"Heh! Oh, I think I know exactly what's gonna happen." Cuphead said.
Somewhere else in the maze, Wilson had lost Dice and pulled out the jar with the tail inside. Suddenly, the demon's tail starts twitching and wriggling like crazy. "What is it now?" he wondered. He hears the sound of horses neighing behind him and he turns around. The old man gasps before he turns white as a sheet and freezes in terror.
Mugman holds the horse's head in front of him.
Cuphead gets ready for the "big reveal". "What's gonna happen is I'm gonna turn around, and you're gonna be holding that stupid—" midsentence, Cuphead gasps before he turns white as a sheet and freezes in terror.
Mugman laughs at the sight. "You're frozen in terror, you're frozen in terror! ~" he said in a sing-song voice. The mug laughs.
King Dice looks towards Mugman, then gasps before turning white and freezing in terror too.
Behind Mugman are the four horsemen.
Mugman was doing a two-step as he held the stitched horse head. "I told ya you were a little scared cup." He said. "Hello! What? Is there something behind me?"
The demonic horses take one look at the stitched horse head and they all neigh fearfully. They rear back and throw the horsemen off their backs before running away and whiny.
Cuphead and Mugman looked at each other after the horses ran away.
"This..." Cuphead said as he snaps out of his terror.
"Is..." Mugman added.
"The greatest hay maze of all time!" they both said cheerfully.
Close by Wilson snaps out of his terror as the jar fell from his hand. The tail pushes and rolls the jar towards the exit but before the cups could notice it, the old man catches it. He notices the brothers walking out of the maze.
"Them," Wilson said scratching his chin. The tail tip was pointing right at Cuphead and Mugman. He smirks before following them at a distance.
Outside the maze, the horsemen landed in the small pool for bobbing apples.
Horsemen Number One sighs. "That feels better." He said.
Horsemen Number Two mumbles with an apple in his jaw.
"Horseman Number Two is right." Said Horseman Number Three. "Our horses ran away. That means we get the rest of the day off!
"Oh hey! They got pumpkin pie!" Horseman Number Four said.
The other horsemen cheer before they all got out of the pool and ran to get some pie. Dice is still frozen in terror on the hay maze wall.
Cuphead and Mugman are laughing as they near the gate to the kettle cottage.
"Honestly, Mugsy," Cuphead said. "when we was kids, that horse mask did make me freeze in terror. But nothing scares me anymore."
"Not even the Devil?" Mugman asked.
The cup flaps his lips. "When was the last time we even saw that guy?" he asked. "I guess you could say I ain't too worried about it. You should give it a shot. Feels pretty good." He then opens the front door and walks into the cottage.
""I'm not too worried about it"?" Mugman repeated. He smiles. "Hey! That does feel pretty good!" he walks into the cottage and then closes the front door.
The Devil and Bendy watch all this through the magic mirror. The Devil screams in rage.
"Dad?" Bendy asked.
"Son." The Devil said. "I'm about to show you that if you want something done right, you got to do it yourself."
Before Bendy could reply, The Devil slams down his pitchfork and disappears.
"No! NO! Come back!" Bendy cried out. "Cuphead... the elevator!" the little devil runs but when he reaches the throne room, the elevator was gone. "Where's the elevator!?" he screamed. He looks towards the high staircase that leads to an exit out of the underworld. "Cuphead, please hold on till I get there," he said softly before he runs on all fours up the stairs.
Outside the Kettle cottage, The Devil appears and was about to reach the front door... when—
An obnoxious and familiar throat clearing makes The Devil cringe.
"Excuse me!" came Stickler's voice.
The devil turns around and sees the green demon next to the elevator.
"Stickler! What are you doing here?" The Devil asked with a frown.
"I have recounted the souls 36 times and have yet to locate—" Stickler said.
"Yes, yes, yes." The Devil said. "I didn't get the cup's soul yet, but I am literally just about to—"
"Furthermore," Stickler interjected. He holds up the book with a magnifying glass. "the bylaws of Subsection 7, Paragraph 7 through 37, specifically signifies if you have failed to collect a soul within a 30-day period, the soul reverts to its original owner."
The Devil's eyes went wide, and his jaw dropped.
"And it has been precisely 31 days, therefore your pursuit of said soul is unauthorized." Stickler added.
The Devil frowns for a second before he smiles. "Stickler, Stickler, Stickler." He said shaking his head. "I am going to get that cup's soul one way or another." He frowns again. "Pity you won't be around to see it."
The Devil points his pitchfork at Stickler and shoots fire at him. There's an explosion and The Devil puts on a satisfied smile thinking he had finally destroyed the green nuisance.
But when the smoke clears, Sticklers appears to be unharmed with an energy cracking over his chest before it turns invisible.
"What?!" The Devil exclaimed in disbelief. "You're wearing the—"
"Impenetrable, invisible sweater." Stickler interjected. "I, myself, am the undisclosed location."
"Take it off this instant so I can obliterate you!" The Devil yelled. He slammed the pitchfork down so hard it shook the ground momentarily.
"I do not believe that would be in my best interest."
"I WILL EAT YOUR SOUL!" The Devil roared in anger. He starts to breathe heavily.
"Not possible because of this impenetrable—"
"SWEATER!" The Devil screamed. He screamed so loud the ground shook. "Oh, forget it." He said defeatedly before he walked into the elevator. Stickler followed after.
Just as the elevator bell dings and the elevator burns into the ground, Bendy approaches the cottage, panting and sweating. He falls onto the stone path.
"I'm too late," Bendy wheezed.
Just then the front door opens and Cuphead sticks his head out.
"Hello?" the cup said. he looks around before noticing Bendy lying face down on the ground. "Bendy!" He gasped. He ran to the little devil, flipped him over, and wiped his face. "Bendy, buddy? Bendy?"
Bendy eye's slowly open. "Cuphead?" he whispered in a shallow voice.
"Bendy, you okay? What happened to ya?" Cuphead asked.
"Cuphead... do you still have your soul?" Bendy asked.
"Y-yeah I still got it," Cuphead answered.
Bendy smiled. "Thank hell's bells," he said before his eyes drifted closed.
"N-no Bendy! What's the matter with you? Are you hurt? Bendy!" Cuphead said worriedly.
Bendy's flew open. "I'm not hurt you Nitwit!... ah, sorry, I mean, Cuphead," Bendy eyes drifted closed again. He yawns. "I'm just tired but relieved,"
"Oh, well here," Cuphead said before scooping Bendy into his arms bridal style. "If you're tired you should sleep inside. Don't want you picked up by the bear or some creep while you're napping." He walks into the cottage. "Hey Mugsy, guess who I found lying in the yard." He shuts the front door. "No, someone else," he said.
Meanwhile in the elevator... The Devil and Stickler are standing next to each other but not too close.
"On the bright side, at least this day can't get any worse." Stickler said.
BANG
The elevator shakes before it stops moving and the motor powers down.
Stickler sighed.
"No!" The Devil said before pushing the down button repeatedly. "No, no, no, no, no!" then he groans. "It's stuck," he whined.
"Looks like we'll be here for some time." Stickler said.
And then Stickler starts singing.
"999 million souls in the vault ~ 999 million souls ~"
The Devil face palms and groans as if in pain.
"Take one out, do a recount ~ 998,999,999 souls in the vault ~ 998 million— ~"
A Few Seconds Earlier...
Wilson is walking the dirt road and growing short of breath.
The old man walks closer to the cottage and then hides behind a tree. He peeks over and sees the cup boy kneeling next to some black kitten boy. He can't make out what they're saying or see them very well though. Old age ruins your senses like that. Just then he feels the jar move again. He pulls out the jar and the demon's tail tip points at the cottage. After Cuphead takes the kitten in and shuts the door, Wilson takes this opportunity to sneak a closer look through the window. There he sees Cuphead putting the kitten on the couch and backing up. When Wilson finally saw the face of the creature, his eyes went wide from shock and familiarity.
"It can't be..." Wilson muttered. "My eyes must be going because that couldn't possibly be him,"
"Rest up little Bendy Devil, I'll watch over ya," Cuphead said proudly as he places a blanket over his friend.
Wilson gasped again. He looks down at the demon tail in the jar, the tip is pointing right at the little devil, and the old man smirks.
"So, after all these years, Drew's little devil darling has returned to the surface world, and no sign of The Devil around." Wilson said. "and unless I'm mistaken, this tail must be his. Or it was at least." He definitely noticed a tail on Bendy earlier. He stares at the little devil through the window for a few seconds before walking out the gate. "And he's even found some new friends. All this I can use to my advantage."
The creepy smile never leaving his face as he fixates on using the little devil to carry out his revenge.